Webinar 2/9/21 for Masters in Economics from Hunter and The African School Program to Expand Representation in Economics (HASPERE)
- Hunter College and the African School of Economics invite applications for admission to their Masters in Economics for the 2021-22 academic year. - This Masters is part of the Hunter African School Program to Expand Representation in Economics (HASPERE), a collaborative initiative between to the two schools that aims Read more…
Webinar 2/25/21 12:00 pm for Masters in Economics from Hunter and The African School Program to Expand Representation in Economics (HASPERE)
- Hunter College and the African School of Economics invite applications for admission to their Masters in Economics for the 2021-22 academic year. - This Masters is part of the Hunter African School Program to Expand Representation in Economics (HASPERE), a collaborative initiative between to the two schools that aims Read more…
Virtual Tax Preparation Offered by VITA (April 8-April 11, 2021)
Virtual VITA will run from Thursday, April 8 to Sunday, April 11th; this is the last week it will be offered. Meetings will be held through Facetime or Zoom. Please do not show up to Hunter's physical campus. Please sign up at https://www.accountingsocietyhc.com/information-for-taxpayers Hours of Operation: Thursday: 3:00PM - 7:00PM Read more…
Seminar: Natalie Cox (Princeton)
Hemmerdinger Screening Room, Hunter College Library Room East 706 115 E 68th Street, New York, NY, United StatesTitle: Market Power in Small Business Lending (with Ernest Liu and Daniel Morrison) Abstract: Do government-funded guarantees and interest rate caps primarily benefit borrowers or lenders under imperfect competition? We study how bank concentration impacts the effectiveness of these policy interventions in the small business loan market. Using data from Read more…
Seminar: John McDermott (University of South Carolina)
Hemmerdinger Screening Room, Hunter College Library Room East 706 115 E 68th Street, New York, NY, United StatesTitle: Regulation and Taxation in a Model of Growth (with Luis Felipe Saenz) Abstract: In this paper we construct a growth model with increasing returns stemming from product variety to explore the different effects of regulations and taxes on economic activity. Regulations primarily raise fixed costs, while taxes increase variable costs. Read more…
Seminar: Matthew Nagler (CUNY City College)
Hemmerdinger Screening Room, Hunter College Library Room East 706 115 E 68th Street, New York, NY, United StatesFind the paper here. Title: Focusing as Commitment Abstract: The paper analyzes the decisions of a β − δ consumer who has the ability, through effort invested in focusing on the future, to set the exponential discount factor δ that will apply to her self in the next period. She Read more…
Seminar: Suresh Naidu (Columbia University)
Hemmerdinger Screening Room, Hunter College Library Room East 706 115 E 68th Street, New York, NY, United StatesFind the paper here. Title: Power and Dignity in the Low-Wage Labor Market: Theory and Evidence from Wal-Mart Workers Abstract: We present a survey-based methodology for estimating employer market power and worker valuations of job amenities. We discuss a simple model of a monopsonistic employer choosing wages jointly with non-wage Read more…
Seminar: Matt Baker and Jonathan Conning (Hunter College)
Hemmerdinger Screening Room, Hunter College Library Room East 706 115 E 68th Street, New York, NY, United StatesFind the paper here. Title: A Model of Enclosures: Coordination, Conflict, and Efficiency in the Transformation of Land Property Rights Abstract: We study a simple general equilibrium model of the transformation of customary, informal property rights to land into exclusive ownership. We characterize the transformation in property rights - the Read more…
Seminar: Jacob Bastian (Rutgers)
Hemmerdinger Screening Room, Hunter College Library Room East 706 115 E 68th Street, New York, NY, United StatesFind the paper here. Title: Overcoming Financial Constraints and Migrating Out of Rural and Distressed America Abstract: There is a strong and growing interest in helping families move to areas with higher economic opportunity. We exploit variation in the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to examine how relaxing budget constraints Read more…
Seminar: Guillaume Haeringer (Baruch)
Hemmerdinger Screening Room, Hunter College Library Room East 706 115 E 68th Street, New York, NY, United StatesTitle: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Tokens, Smart Contracts Please join us for Guillaume Haeringer's talk on Wednesday, April 13th. For a related paper on some of his previous work in the field of cryptocurrencies, please click here.